Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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Municipal bond traders are awaiting the start of this week's new issue sales.
June 13 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended weaker on Monday even as traders anticipated demand for the week’s new issue slate.
June 12 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were weaker at midday as traders eagerly await the new issue slate to start rolling in.
June 12 -
Municipal market participants are eagerly awaiting the new issue slate to start rolling, as issuance is expected to be around the weekly average.
June 12 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority plans to sell about $850 million of tax-exempt fixed rate bonds on Wednesday, June 21, after a two-day retail order period.
June 9 -
Demand for municipals in the primary market should stay strong as volume is set to remain close to the yearly per-week average.
June 9 -
Top shelf municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session,, according to traders, who were making preparations to tackle next week's calendar. Ipreo estimates next week's volume at $6.01 billion, consisting of $4.94 billion of negotiated deals and $1.08 billion of competitive sales.
June 9 -
Municipal bond traders are taking a breather on Friday after a heavy slate of new issues priced this week. Traders will be eyeing market volatility which saw yields see-sawing back and forth.
June 9 -
Top quality municipal bonds ended weaker on Thursday, according to traders, as the last big supply of the week hit the market.
June 8 -
New York City has become the first pension system in the nation to have totally divested its holdings in private prison companies, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer said on Thursday.
June 8
